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Texas Patents,

The following patents were granted to
citizens of Texas, bearing date May 81,
1887, reported expressly for this paper,
by Louis Dagger d. Co, mechanical ex
perts and solicitors of patents, Washing
ton, D. G. Advice free:
NO. 363,S91-Goelet E. B., Fort Worth;
combined chair and sleeping car.
No. 364,O2S-Lenix j. M. and G. B.
Swain, Norton; brace for bedsteads, gates,
etc.
No. 3G3,96l-Philpott, ", Bryan;
gate.
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Angostura Bitters, the world re-
nowned appetizer and invigorator, i'm
parts delicious flavor to all drinks, and
cures dyspepsia, diarrhea, fever and
ague. Try it, but beware of counterfeits.
Ask your grocer or druggist for the gen.
uine Angostura, manufactured by DR.. j.
G. B. Siegert & Sons.
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Railroad Committee.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.

Four WORTH, June 1.--Judge Charles II Jenk.
ins, Brown Smith and John Y Rankin Of Brown
county, are In this city a. COMMITTEES from
Brownwood, 10 urge the extension Of the Fort
Worth Rio Grande railway 10 BrOwnwOod A
meeting Of the directors of that road was held here
to-day, bnt no action Waa taken.
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Financial and Commercial.
OFFICE DAILY AND WEEKLY STATESMAN,

OFFICE DAILY AND WEEKLY STATESMAN, :
AUSTIN, June I
The wholesale grocery aad dry goods trade il en-
tirey satisfactory, and compares fAyorably with
previous years. Notwithstanding the traditional
dullness of the summer season, there continues q
fair demand f : staple goods and articles of prime
necessity. The general tone of the local trade is
healthy. some changes in prices have occurred
since our last weekly report, which are elsewhere
noted.
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COFFEE MARKETS.
GALVESTON.

GALVESTON, June - Coffee-Ma1ket firm and
unchanged: Galveston wholesale grOCers
are filling orders at the following quotations. good
ordinary, 22llc; fair, 2Cl4c; prime, 2}Hc; choice
2ic; pesberry 2ilac; old government Java,
Bic.
Importers prices are discontinued for the pres
ent, as all stocks in this market are now in the
hands of wholesale grOCers.
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AUSTRIA.
FLoODs IN HrNGARY.

VIENNA, June The distress In Hungary in.
creases hourly, aud numerous lives have been lost.
An entire herd of cattle has been drowned at tle
Mako. The food reached the CZanard country,
and fully 5000 acre' of wheat land will soon be
inundated Czanard il submerged II s Calcu-
lated 800 families have seen ruined by the floods
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Base Ball.


NEW YORK, June The naval court martha.
was commenced this morning before Acting Con-
sui lloare, TO inquire into the cause of he
company, whereby much damage was done and
many lives imperiled
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If Mr.. McAdoo is as faithful to republi-
can principles in New Jersey as Mr. Ran
dali has been to Pennsylvania. the New
Jersey republican majority may some day
creep up close to that of the Keystone
state.
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Letting Out Hands.

Special Telegram to the Statesman.
PALESTINE, June In the last ten days grad
ual cut down has been going on In the number Of
employees on the International Il Great Northern
railway, the largest cut being on section hands
-Four hundred have been let out in the time men.
toned.
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Citizens Ticket Elected.

Special Telegram o the Statesman
GALVESTON, June Nearly complete returns
from all the wards of the cy show that the entire
citizens aldermanic ticket il elected, with the
single exception Of y. w. Quincy, the colored al
derinan, who Is defeated by lees than two hundred
by c. j. Allen, democratic nominee
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A veteran, Mr.. George McKona, Ash
burnham, Mass, writes: "While suffering
with chronic rheumatism, result of An
dersonville,) Used st. Jacobs Oil, wh OF
gave immediate relief" Sold BY druggists
and dealers.
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WOOL MARKETS.
ST. LOUIS

ST. LOUIS, June 7. Wool Receipts lighter
demand well sustained; unwashed bright medium
2}029c: coarse braid, lG0&5c; low sandy, 10000:
fine light, l9G2ic tine heavy, l4020c: tub-washed
choice, 4O04Oi4c; fair, 3S039c; low, 33035c.
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A CURIOUS THEFT.
A Thief Robs a Bonham Maiden of Her
Hair.
Special Telegram to The Statesman.

BOSNIAN, June IA robbery of an unusual kind
occurred in this city last night being a theft Of
hair from the head OF young lady while she was
asleep. The young lady in question Is Miss Jessie
Bryant, the fourteen year old daughter OfMrs MARY
Bryant, Il widow, who resides in The northern part
of town. The girl was sleeping near a partially
opened window, and the thief placed a box on the
ground outside 10 stand on, and surreputGusly
Chpped her hair of close TO the head The girl'-
mother WAS sleeping near her daughter, but strange
TO say neither heard the thief, nor knew OF Il g
robbery until this morning.
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rs bu,b0se Is solciy fer tie Aegitiuate Aealingef
disease andtke ,elicfef pain, aNdthat IL does aNn
claims to 40, thousands eflaairs can gladly feSfyy
Ithas stoodthe estoftweny years in relieving period
cal PAIN promoting regularity of seasons and banishing
weakness, backache and consequent distress.
Probably no other woman in the world receives so
many 'c,ters Of thanks" as Lydia Z. Pinkham, Of
Lynn, Mass. Mrs. B of Enfield, n. H., says:
81 will simply say that your Vegetable Compound is all
you recommend it to be. It has done me Worlds Of
good" Another lady writes from Ottawa follows: 81
have just to-day bought the seventh bottle your Vege
table Compound, have used two boxes of Pills and
eral packages of your Sanatve WASH and think but
right tell you how much good derived from your med
cines They are a regular Goa-Semd. All the pains
and aches have almost disappeared my stomach is much
stronger too and feel myself improved every way"
Price 81. Sold by all Druggists.
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Dyspepsia in It's worst forms will
yield to the use of Carter's Little Nerve
Pills, aided by Carter's Little Liver
Pills. Dose, one of each after eating.
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ENGLAND.

THE TINES PARSEILIsN ARTICLE.
LONDON, June THE Times this morning pub.
fishes another installment Of its Psrnellisn and
crime articles. Opposite Its leader page, IL
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WALES.
GLADSTONE IL WALES

CARDIFF, June t.-GladstOne arrived here this
morning from Swansea. large crowd gathered
at the station, and upon his arrival he was given
IN enthusiastic reception.
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PHILADELPHIA.

PHILADELPHIA, June 1.-Wool- Firm, low and
medium woods in good demand medium
unwashed cOmbing and delaine, 30Q3lc:
coarse, 3GG3lc; Canada washed combng
3+036c; tub.washed. $50 Tic: medium
unwashed combing ard delaine, 29m3lc;
eastern Oregon, 16g24c valley Oregon, 22ll sc:
New Mexican aud Colorado, l4lL29c.
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Many, woman looks down on Queen
Victoria. She is only five feet Hight
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FINANCIAL.
MonaY.

NEW YORK, June Money on call to-day was
easy 81 So per cent; prime mercantile paper,
at sisil. for sixty day bills, and sis6 for de-
maad.
BRITISH CoSsOLs
LONDON, June :. -COsnol closed at lOl ills
for money; silver, i37.d
Bonds and Stocks.
SEw YORK, June bonds and stocks closed at
the following prices bid:
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BOSTON.

BOsToN, June 1.-Wool-In moderate de-
mand: Michigan extra woods, Bic: medium
unwashed woods, 2S@32c; medium terri.
tory, go 25c, new spring Texas and medium. 20
@?ic pulled woods, choice super, Boa CSC: OREGON
wool, at l1d2ic: medium unwashed, ?ST3OC:
extra pulled, sc; combing and delaine, 32@3ic,
Kentucky extra03 Bee.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-12-07
AT THE SOUTH.

JOHN G. JONES, colored attorney of
Chicago. was in Kansas City the other day
busly engaged in circulating petitions
against the confirmation of C. II. j. Tay-
lor, whom President Cleveland appo inted
minister to Liberia. Taylor recently re-
turned from that country, claiming to be
weary of ii. 1t is now learned, however,
that Taylor was recalled by Secretary Bay
ard TO answer charges rreferred by colored
residents of Palmyra, No., and Chca o.
ANOTHER Indian Territory tragedy has
been enacted at Antlers, on the 'Frisc
road, in the Choctaw nation, Indian Terri
tory, and was the result of any old feud.
Victor NJ. Locke, big stockman and
merchant at Antlers Station. was startled
from his breakfast by the entrance into
his house of Jack Watts, Choctsw, and
an unknown Indian, with pistols in their
hands, evidently bent on murder. Mrs.
Locke met the men at the door, and fell
one with stick of stove wood. Mean
while Mr.. Locke had gotten his Winches-
Ter. and before they could fire he shot both
Indians, killing them almost instantly.
: THE Rt. Rev. Thomas Bonacum was
consecrated as bishop of the new see Of
Lincoln. Neb., in st. Louis. The cere-
monies were imposing and were conducted
by the venerable Archbishop Kenrick, OF
st. Louis. The con ecrator was ass isted
by Bishops, Fink, of Leavenworth, Kan,
O'Conner, of Oman Neb., Hagen, of
Kansas City, Mo-, Hennesy, of Dubuque,
Iowa, and number of priests of ST. Louis
and surrounding states. After services a
dinner was given to the participants by
way of compliment to his grace Arch
bishop Kenrick, it being the for, y sixth
anniversary of his conservation rs coad-
jutor of Archbishop Rosati, and also to the
new bishop. A reception was given to the
clergy at the Marquette club, at which .
fine collation. was spread and speeches
were made.
The work of the committee of the Kan
sas City council, charged with Investigate
ing the alleged malfeasance in Office Of
Alderman William j. Looney, has COM
pleted the taking OF evidence and wall rem
der a decision soon. From excellent au-
thority it is learned that the report will be
adverse to the alderman. The fact also
leaks out that arrange ments are in prog
ress to investigate several other members
of the council, and a number OF the city
fathers are xhibiting a good deal Of I'M.
ess sness. The investigation promises to be
highly sensational.
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EOLTTICAL WORLD.

SENATOR WILSON, Of Iowa, who passed
through Chicago enroute to Washington,
said be believed Senator Palmer, of Mich
igan, had acted wisely in declaring that
prohibition in his state should be made a
repnhli0n issue. Mr.. Wilson favors Chi
cagc FOR the next national convention.
THE sepublican members Of the house
Of y Yre,enatives held their first caucus of
the sessbn in Washington the other day.
or Ihe sepublican representation Of 1853
psesnbeS, lit were in attendance. None
Of The -four independent M ambers-elect
were PRESENT. Cannon, OF Illinois, and
rs-S fAed chairman and secretary of the
!. ta.Its Mckinley, of Ohio, nominated
Il ..Alas Is. Need, of Maine, Tor speaker,
and the nomination was confirmed by ac-
clamation.
AT present eight cities are competing for
the location OF one or both of the national
pnventions in their respective cities. They
ne Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Balti-
more, Cincinnati, Chicago, Washington and
st. Louis. Possibly moro cities will be
heard from later. In fact, il is already re-
ported that Omaha and St. Paul and Min
heapolis may send delegations. Washing
ton, almost the last in the field, city
where, owing no doubt in a great measure
b the absence of commerce and the gem
eral dependence upon the government,
there is very little public spirit, now begins
TO talk about erecting building suitable
for holding convention. 1t is not ex-
pected that the representatives of WASH
ington will have much influence with the
Republican committee.
THE president appointed Jas. B. Chess,
of Indiana, to be United States consul at
Durango, Mexico.
The North German Gazette. in the
course of political review, says: "By
| reproducing verbatim character site pass .
ages of articles in the Rus sian press, ",
| enable Germans to see that up to the pres.
| ent time not even q transitory effect of the
! rec Mt admonition TO observe moderation
is preceptible in one of the Russian
papers.
NEARLY $48 600 has been raised towards
the fund to be used in connection with
procuring the n tional convention for
| Omaha. Many who will doubtless be
glid to contribute have not been seen.
| Doub less sum raised will be more
than the $4,000 which the commiu ee
asks.
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FOREIGN EVE1JT0.

SADI CARNoT was elected president of
the French republic on the second ballot.
In acknowledging coner ltulations, he said:
II am filed with gratitude to the men,
bers of the assembly who, IN uniting their
sutffages in my favor, bore witness 10 their
desire for peace and concord, with which
republican France is animated. My dear
est wish is that this great day may remain
present in all minds and hearts. 1t algn,-
fies that the representatives of France can
be united. Their common efforts can and
m,st secure the constitution, assuring an
active and sable working government
capable of bestowing upon the nation lib
erty at home and dignity abroad, with all
the benefits which our country expects
from the republic. Once more ! thank
you. You may count upon my entire de-
votion."
PRESIDENT CREWS message resigning
the presidency of the republic was read in
the chamber Of deputies recently. In it
Grevy said that the votes tax n in the SEN
ate and chamber of deputies were de.
cisive demonstration necessltatin lis
resignation. After recalling his services
to the country which severed tranqn ty at
home and peace abroad he dec ,ared that
ne lett the once Win u Ietilug o. Bdu0esb,
while declining to be responsible for future
events.
The Cologne Gazette has retu ned to
it's forgery revelation. 1t sta es that the
letter purporing to have been written by
Prince Henry, of Reuss, the German am
bassador at Vienna, is q forgery. The let
ter, it says, is among the documents
which Count Sc oura off, by order of the
car, su mitted for tne inspection Of Bis
marck. The Prince o Reuss denies Law
ing my know edge of the letter.
A VIENNA telegram states that all men,
bers of the reichsrath who are school
teachers have been ordered to give up their
schools for the whole period for which
they have been elected TO the reichsrath,
on the grounds that education and politics
should be kept separate.
A SHOCK OF earthquake was felt at
Choreley, county of Lancaster, the 9th r
morning. A rumbllng noise accompanied
the shock and p ople left their houses
greatly frightened. No serious damage
was done.
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RAILWAY ITEMS.

The interstate commerce commission
has rendere decision in the case Of w.
H. Council, colored, VS.. the Western and
Atlantic railroad. Council was forced to
ride in wha is known in the south as a
''Jim Grow" car, winch is run for color d
people, alti ough lie ha first class ticket.
The op Mon, lch is by Commissioner
Morris IN, no ds tat col red people may
be assigned separate cars on equal terms,
without advantage to either race, and with
increased comforts to 10th. The 'Jim
Grow" car furnished only second-class
com forts in travel, and the road must fur
n sh co!ored people who buy flst- class
tickets accomni odations equally safe and
com ortable with other first. class passen-
gers.
ONE of the largest mortgages ever filed in
Illinois has just been recorded in the Office
of the circuit court, nd is for the sum of
$4,000, 900, given by she Chicago and E ,st-
ern Illinois Railroad company in favor Of
the Cen raj Tiust company, Of New York.
The bonds for the above amount bear date
Of November !, 1887, and will draw inter-
est at the rate of per cent. per annum.
This step 10 taken by the company for the
purpose OF paying, funding, exchanging
and retiring bonds of the road now out
standing, for double tracking on the COM
pany's right Of way, buildin and leasing
new lines and feeders, an ior equipmen q
for the same. The londs will be KIN wn
as he Consolidated AMI first mortgage
bonds"
The charter of the Omaha. Mexico Air
Line Railway company, with capital
stock Of $40, 900. 900, has been flled in tn ,
Office OF the secretary o, state of Kansas.
The line begins ut Omaha, Neb., rum NJ
thence southwesterly through the state and
into the state OF Kansas, thence through
New Mexico to El Paso, Tex, which is to
be the terminus Of the railroad In the
United States, thence 70 the City Of Mex.
leo. The principal cities and places Of
business Of the COMPANY are to b located
At Syracuse, Kan., and Omaha, Nsb. The
directors arc W. F. Cleveland, Harlan,
Ia, w. B. McGoRrisk. Dss Noines, Ia,
G. G Frss. Charles Coz. George Getty and
ThOm OveSt0n, O. Syracuse, Kan.
TIM Chica9o and Alton road bas ssnt =
comnsaicAsien e The parlingtea rad
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NEBRASKA.

THE Omaha Press club has filed articles
Of incorporation with the secretary Of state.
The object of the club is to elevate the
profession and extend elping hand to
tho'e of the club in need Of aid.
The mayor Of Omaha has ma 10 known
his intention Of str city enforcing the high
license law after January /, requiring the
payment Of the 81 600 license down in
stead of allowing it TO be paid in quarterly
installments.
ARTHUR MYERS, of Newark, . young
man about 20 years Of age, has been ar
rested ON the charge Of burning the Bur.
lngton and Missouri bridge across the
Platte at Kearney on November s, and has
made confession Of the crime.
THERE was such q great demand for
coal at Lincoln the other Sunday that coal
dealers we're deprived of their usual
Christian worship.
LOUIS PAsso, alias Happy Jack, has
been found guilty of issuing counterfeit
land receivers receipts, in the federal
court.
THE New York Storage and Loan COM
cany, with capital stock of $4,000, fled
articles of incorporation with the county
clerk at Omaha recently.
AN ovarian tumor weighing 514 pounds
was removed from patient near Nebraska
City. DR.. Mansfield, Of Ashland, per-
formed the operation.
JOHN DRAKE, ex-postlnaster Of Creston.
is 80 years of age, yet he makes frequent
trips walking to the ost- Office, which Is
three miles distant from his home.
THE Lincoln Canning company expect
TO continue the manufacture of vinegar
and compressed yeast throughout the
winter.
SAM HENDERSON, alias John James,
for whom IL said reward of $1,000 is
offered at Philadelphia, was captured At
Columbus recently.
TUE sum of $1,000 was raised At q
meeting Of the Irish National league in
Omaha to al the struggle for home rule
in Ireland.
A monstrosity resembling hideously
deformed negro has been seen in the tim
Der near Nebraska City by wood choppers
who are at work there.
NEBRASKA CITY will soon have Ger
man den ocratic newspaper.
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IN THE WEST.

THE Omaha committee to secure, il pos.
sible, the republican national convention
for Omaha has gone to Washington. The
committee is composed of the following:
Gov. Thayer, George D. Meiklejohn,
speaker Of the last senate; ex- Congress-
man Valentine, Editor Gere, of the Linz
coin State journal; Hitchcock, Of the
Omaha World; Taylor, Of the Omaha Re-
publican. Rosewater, of the Omaha Bee;
ex- Mayor Boyd, ex- Congressman Crounse,
and Col. Sapp, Of Council Bluffs. Be-
sides these there are in Washington q
Nebraska delegation and number OF other
prominent men working for the same end.
Omaha has raised $4,000 as q convention
fund and is willing to make it more.
THE case again l.. j. Labour, lat'
police jud . of Des Moines charged with
embezz1ement for failing to account for
several hundred dollars of fees beioneing
70 The county, has been dismissed, be ng
barr d for the most part BY the statutes a.
limitations. Labour started Tor Cgaads
last April, when his defalcaion " about
10 be discovered, but changed his mind
when he Seached Detroit, and came home
and gave himself up for trial. 1t was
were receiv d more than three. years ago,
and so the case was dismissed as barred
by statute.
BY the reductions in Western Union tel
egraph rates now in effect, the highest rate
on the company's lines between the ex-
treme points. some of them 1900 and
5000 miles apart, will be 81. The maxi
mum rate, including Montana, Utah, Mex
leo and Texas, will be reduced from 81
to rs cents. Within the section east OF
the Mississippi river and north OF Tennes-
see and North Carolina the maximum rate
will be reduced from rs to SO cents. Within
the section south of and including Vir-
ginia and Tennessee, and east of the Mis-
Gissippi river, the maximum rate will be
reduced from go to so cents. This division
embraces all places east of Montana and
Utah where the Western Union has Offices.
THE bodies of John II. Gowen and his
sixteen year-old daughter were found the
other night at their home in Huron, Dak.,
frozen stiff. From all appearances they
were snffocated by coal gas at night. The
neigh bor, got inquisitive and broke in the
door, finding the bodies as stated. The
mother had gone into the country to nurse
q sick friend.
In the CHICAGO appellate court, stay Of
proceedings has been granted for the con-
vic ed boodlers. The question of bail has
not yet been settled.
The Fremont, Nebraska, city council
unanimously passed resolutions of SYM
pathy for the Lincoln councilmen now il
Jail at Omaha. All eyes were wet.
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. DAKOTA.

JUDGE EPnRIAM PINNEY, of Hughes
county, Dakota, has got into bad fix.
Some time since case was tried before
him and he compelled the plaintiff to put
up $3.50 guarantee for costs, and the
money was given to Pinney for safe keep
ing. but when the case was decided he
could produce but 800, having gaMbled
away the balance. Pinney was at once ar.
rested for theft.
JUMPING GAP, the Indian who burned
the agency building at Fort Bennett, was
cap ured and lodged in the guard house at
Fort Bennett. He attacked the guards
with pair Of shears, killed two Of them
and then killed himself.
AN additional telegraph wire Is being
strung on the line OF the Manitoba from
Aherbe. TO Wahp ton.
A ROLLING mill 10 to erected near the
tin ore deposits At Custer City. It will
concentrate twenty tons per day.
The barn Of Peter Adams near New
Rockfor in which was stored 400 bush.
els of wheat, large quantity OF oats and
valu BILE fnrm implements burned recently.
THREE raj road, have surveyed in Dad
wood nm p titioned tho CO 'ncil for the
only entra cs to the city there 10.
THE Milwaukee road has stationed an
engine and snow p ow attachment 1t Ros.
coe, ready for any emergency.
THE Pierrs Joarnal halls The time
when prohibition vii, be enforced In thst
city. for it says besr win then b cents
per glas
PTExRE will send delegation 10 Wash-
ington again this year TO work Tor the pass.
age Of the Dawes bill.
THE Fremont and Elkhorn railroaA has
opened its extension from Dsadwood %
WhitevOoi.
TIE postoface at Aberdeen has beeu q.
dsrsd removed from one portion Of ths ~
b auothes.
B TIM new Aouring mill = Oskss, whieA
- IoW almoae eQmplstsd, will cost ol1,-
-. Thsy vii have capacisy Of ~
hssels day.
A1r1pAx1 = : n.w poat- o1ace jsst -,
a Hand ecsss.'y.